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2005-07-08 Europe

DEBKAfile: Al Qaeda gets its bombs in Serbia

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-08 08:38|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Could be.
From my uninformed pov (ie MSM reports) the blossoming small arms and explosive contraband in France (where they are used when needed, such as one prison-attack with kalashnikovs, rpg-7 and plastic explosives a few years ago) does actually originate from the ex-Yugoslavia; gangsters go to Serbia, Croatia or Kosovo, where theses weapons are widely available, get some training in the use of what they're buying, and come back as satified customers.
IIUC, what's "funny" is that despite the clichÃ©s, automatic weaponry is actually more common on some European streets than in US ones.

When you realize street crime is heavily dominated by muslims, as is increasingly "grand banditisme" and organized crime, you understand that getting weaponry and assorted goods is probably fairly easy for would-be terrorists...

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-07-08 10:36|| 2005-07-08 10:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Didn't a groups of Brit muslims get arrested a year or two ago with a ton of explosive ammonium nitrate? Until the explosive type is released, I won't even try to guess the origin.

Yes, much of the military weaponry in the French Banlieues come from Yugoslavia. It would be very educational for the French to surround and take apart a sample of their suburban apartment blocks to find out just what their muslim guests are armed with.

Posted by ed 2005-07-08 10:56|| 2005-07-08 10:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Wouldn't even have to be by bribing the right officers.

As a result of its unique, Tito-enabled situation,
Yugoslavia had long been a gray-market for arms.
Factories can't just stop producing. Show up with the properly-filled in paperwork and cash, and they'd even load it on the transport for you. No questions asked, no looking beyond the documents and the money.

Makes sense that the descendent nations would be in the same business.

Posted by Pappy 2005-07-08 11:03|| 2005-07-08 11:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Time to take out some of the arms dealers? I know how

Posted by Kyzer Soze">Kyzer Soze 2005-07-08 11:29|| 2005-07-08 11:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Seems as if UK muzzys visit Bosnia regularly, Watch & Listen

Posted by Red Dog 2005-07-08 12:16|| 2005-07-08 12:16|| Front Page Top

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